US 12,274,526 B2
Connection systems and methods thereof for establishing an electrical connection through a drape
Chase Thompson, Bountiful, UT (US); Kent F. Beck, Layton, UT (US); and Jerry Zhao, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,330.
Application 18/135,330 is a continuation of application No. 17/723,246, filed on Apr. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,628,030, issued on Apr. 18, 2023.
Application 17/723,246 is a continuation of application No. 16/932,425, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,304,772, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application 16/932,425 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,074, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 10,772,696, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,726, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248459 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61M 39/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 46/23 (2016.02) [A61M 39/18 (2013.01); A61B 2046/234 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tether connector configured to form an electrical connection with a sensor connector through a sterile barrier disposed over the sensor connector, the tether connector comprising:
a housing;
an electrical lead extending from the housing; and
a first piercing element in the housing connected to the electrical lead, the first piercing element extending orthogonally from an upper surface of the housing, the first piercing element configured to pierce the sterile barrier to form the electrical connection with the sensor connector as the housing is pressed downward over the sensor connector.